Howdy there my West Side Friend. I forgot to consider Kaman in my last post.

My top two centers that I would like to see is Bynum or Lamarcus Aldridge which is a long shot. My brother who lives in Portland told me that yesterday sportstalk out there were talking about trading Oden for a veteran or two. He said that some members of the organization seems to be giving up somewhat on Oden and his health is becoming an issue.

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What's up my westside babysitter?
That's interesting about Oden being an option... I can understand them being shy about another gimpy center... they prolly know something we don't... I wonder if he'll have a better career than Thabeet?

Back to Motown for a minute "Whenever you call me I'll be there... I'll be around"
A lil Marvelletes?

Hey Roscoe, my calling card is leadership and it wasn't ANY being exhibited on the Pistons team last year.

You need folks who are gonna get up in players mugs when they do good up and grit on them when they screw up. This factor was non-existent on the Pistons bench.

Tay and Rip both will go in my scenario that way it will become Battier and Stuckeys team.

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YUP!

I will say, you don't only need people with are tough or supportive of others, you need people who lead by example. Steve Yzerman was the consummate Detroit leader, very quiet but he was a ferocious player, and his teammates, even the ones with attitude problems, couldn't help but buy in.

I think Ben was somewhat like that. He usually sparked the team with his play, not his mouth.

Hey, if we can find a player at the SF who is better than Tay and who exceeds his salary by a greater amount, then I'm all for it. Ideally, that player should be ultra durable, should increase in strength as the playoffs progress, should steadily be improving each year toward a lofty potential, should be able to stop Lebron James, and should be build like a tank.

The only guy I can think of who would possibly fit that description would be Ron Artest. Is there anyone else?

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It all depends on the perception and value of that position. Everyone battles for the 5 and 1 positions. Those dominate poles. In between is a flux field that figures out how to bring balance. You must have consistent talent at this position. It is not quantity, but quality. It sets up a permeable boundary that lets the starters and bench feel enough comfort that provides on one hand, a looseness of an acceptance of potential mistakes; while providing a structure of concurrence: place hard/smart and good things will happen. Time and circumstance happen to us all.

A different direction of balance into surreptitious leadership (not the media type) can break out from the most unusual personalities (again, not the media type) that confront, challenge and transform this dilemma:

#3. Well same old, same old with Stoudemire, off again, on again. I have a feeling if someone comes up with a decent offer, he is history.
Not unless he's ready to ink a long term deal... he's got wandering eyes

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I think his surgery last season was supposed to correct his wandering eye so we might be good.

Dalembert is way overpaid in the current NBA, but he's a decent defensive center.

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I've been high on him for a while, but he seems to dislike the notion of earning his minutes. Pair that attitude with his secure contract, and the way Dwight left him picking up his lingerie in their playoff match-up, and it makes me wonder whether he would present much of an upgrade over Kwame.

You can't have new leadership until you retire the old generals. Tay and Rip for better or worse are the leaders, and this will not be Stuckey or anyone else's team until they have moved on. You know that leadership is earned, not given. ;) :D

It all depends on the perception and value of that position. Everyone battles for the 5 and 1 positions. Those dominate poles. In between is a flux field that figures out how to bring balance. You must have consistent talent at this position. It is not quantity, but quality. It sets up a permeable boundary that lets the starters and bench feel enough comfort that provides on one hand, a looseness of an acceptance of potential mistakes; while providing a structure of concurrence: place hard/smart and good things will happen. Time and circumstance happen to us all.

A different direction of balance into surreptitious leadership (not the media type) can break out from the most unusual personalities (again, not the media type) that confront, challenge and transform this dilemma:

Damn, Pass. I feel the need to go and study some Goethe before reading your posts.

One interpretation of what you said is that we need players with stronger fulcrums...

OK, maybe that's not what you are saying. If I may translate some of what you have said for the masses: This team is broken. We need an infusion of new talent and leadership. Joe was right to trade Billups for cap space, which he may use either now or in the near future, along with every other asset at his disposable, to achieve the stated goal.

PS. Sorry for the back-to-back-to-back posts. Time differences and all.

What's up my westside babysitter?
That's interesting about Oden being an option... I can understand them being shy about another gimpy center... they prolly know something we don't... I wonder if he'll have a better career than Thabeet?

Back to Motown for a minute "Whenever you call me I'll be there... I'll be around"
A lil Marvelletes?

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I am getting ready for a function at the junction, and I aint too proud to beg after the love has gone. Would you like to second that emotion?

It all depends on the perception and value of that position. Everyone battles for the 5 and 1 positions. Those dominate poles. In between is a flux field that figures out how to bring balance. You must have consistent talent at this position. It is not quantity, but quality. It sets up a permeable boundary that lets the starters and bench feel enough comfort that provides on one hand, a looseness of an acceptance of potential mistakes; while providing a structure of concurrence: place hard/smart and good things will happen. Time and circumstance happen to us all.

A different direction of balance into surreptitious leadership (not the media type) can break out from the most unusual personalities (again, not the media type) that confront, challenge and transform this dilemma:

One interpretation of what you said is that we need players with stronger fulcrums...

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...or the recognition of pivots that provide balance. Think teeter-todder. The ups and down are natural occurrences. All relationships get decompression depths or nose bleeds as continuous patterns. The main point is what do you take away from it. I look for slight edges of understanding that force me to accept more. Go ahead and look at your significant other or a major friend: are you alike or at opposite ends of the main fulcrum?

The pistons over the last few years have been the opposite of any pivot balance. It has been all exclusionary. As long as the center was able to hold, there was enough talent momentum to satisfy a satisfactory movement that was a minor upswing. Of course, we know there was to come that downswing. But there was no historical push (bench) that would help bring participatory energy that fueled the needed bounce in order to continue motion.